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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've been using Linux professionally for a couple of decades and using it altogether since like 1996. I never knew about the timeout command. I'm gonna have some fun with that.

I wonder if I can set someone's shell to it...

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Always -k. Ask nicely but unsheathe the katana, just in case.